Lyttilton tenures truely translated into Englyshe
Publisher: William Powell
Published: 1551
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: roa
Subjects: Real property; Early works to 1800; Land tenure; Law and legislation
Work titles: Tenures
Notes: Title within woodcut border (McKerrow, Borders, no. 55; Devices no. 106) with Wyllyam Myddelton's mark in the sill; Powell was Myddelton's successor.

Colophon: Imprinted at Lo[n]don in Fletestrete at the sygne of the George next to Saynt Dunstones churche by Wyllyam Powell. In the yere of our lorde God M.D.L.I. the syxte daye of Septe[m]ber.

Collation: A-Y⁸ Z⁶ [$5 (-A2, -CIRZ4, -F5) signed; misprinting P5 as B5; S2 as D2; X5 as Y5]

Numerous errors in foliation: leaves lxx, lxxxvii, lxxxviii and lxxxxv printed lxv, lxxix, lxxx and 'lcxxv'; leaves Cxii, Cxviii, Cxx, Cxxi, Cxxiii, Cxxx and Cxxxii printed Cxi, Cxiii, Cxi, Cxv, Cxxiiii, Cxxviii and Cxxvii; leaves Clii, Cliiii and Clvi printed Cli, Clvi and Clvii; leaves Clx-Clxii all printed Clix; leaves Clxxiii, Clxxvi and Clxxvii printed Clxiiii, Clxviii and Clxxi.

In predominantly black letter type; some Roman type.

Initials, some historiated; tail piece.

Side notes.

First published in Law French in 1482, Littleton's work was the earliest printed treatise on English law not printed in Latin. It incorporated some material from the Old tenures and "sums up the development of what was then the most important branch of the common law". --cf. Oxford companion to law.

The 1st translation from Law French into English (STC 15759.5) was published by John Rastell [1523-1525]

ESTC S4359

STC (2nd ed.) 15765.5

Beale, J.H. Engl. law T45

Received April 25, 1916.

Bound in 19th century green morocco, decorated with gilt fillets and inside rules; all edges gilt; signed 'Bound by Budden'. Edges of some side marks lost due to close cropping. Price notation on verso of title page, in a 17th century hand. With a few marginal annotations, and lines of verse in an early hand. Copy imperfect; lacking leaf lxxix (K6).